Another Ecclesiastes
In Freefall to Fly, Rebekah Lyons uses her story to tell the story of many women, including mine. It's a tale of pain, panic attacks, fear, and God's rescue. Her circumstances differed from mine in significant ways, and yet the trajectory of our healing was strikingly similar. In spite of the connection I felt with Ms. Lyons, I sadly confess that the book did not touch me on any other level. The writing was choppy and the story presented like so many … Read More >>
A Song of Renewal
In North of Hope, Shannon Polson shares her recovery from the devastating killing of her dad and step-mother by a bear in the Alaskan wilderness. She wanted closure from her grief, but failed to find it in moving forward in her daily life. Instead, she searched for it and found the beginning of healing in participating in a chorale production of Mozart's Requiem in D Minor. Without quit understanding how, participating in the production led her to … Read More >>
The Price of Masquerades
Much of women's fiction takes the readers out of the ordinary and sends us into a world of fantasy. Most romantic fiction builds on this foundation, both Christian and non-Christian. Invisible, while fiction, is not fantasy. It focuses on the reality of the human experience. The story revolves around three women and the chapters rotate between three points of view. Ellyn protects herself from the inner voice of her alter ego. Sabina runs from failed … Read More >>
Deeply Disappointing
As I opened the package and pulled out the review copy of Wanda E. Brunstetter's latest "book", I knew I was due to be disappointed. Goodbye to Yesterday was only 121 pages long. In a small oval on the front cover were the words "The Discovery Part 1 of 6." I had been hearing rumors that publishers were experimenting with serials. (Long ago, prior to the development of paperback books, newspapers and magazines routinely published books as serials … Read More >>
Highly Satisfying Book
Dreamlander tells the story of two worlds, our own and the land of dreams. The hero, Chris, is from our own world. His dreams tie him to the heroine, Allara, in the country of Lael. It begins with Allara attempting to drive Chris away from Lael as his dreams become real. Allara wants Chris to stay away because she fears the results of his crossing into Lael. Her fears prove to be well founded when Chris fails to believe in the reality of his crossing … Read More >>
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